2013-02-04 15:05:24 -

Neste Oil
Press Release
4 February 2013 at 4:00 p.m. (EET)

Neste Oil to invest EUR 65 million in enhancing gasoline production at Porvoo

Neste Oil has decided to build an isomerization unit at its Porvoo refinery. The
investment, valued at approx. EUR 65 million, is intended to increase the output
of high-octane gasoline and improve refining flexibility at the site.

"When the new isomerization unit is completed in 2015, we will be able to refine
higher volumes of premium-quality gasoline that commands a higher price on
export markets," says Matti Lehmus, Neste Oil's Executive Vice President, Oil
Products and Renewables. "In addition to its importance for Neste Oil, the new
unit represents a major industrial investment nationally in Finland."

The isomerization unit will have a capacity of 600,000 t/a. Construction will
begin   this year and the unit is due to come on stream in spring 2015. The
project will generate 60 man-years of employment.

Neste Oil took the initial decision to make the investment in 2008, but
announced in 2009 that it would postpone the project until the market situation
improved. Neste Oil believes that the demand for cleaner fuels, such as high-
octane, low-sulfur gasoline, is continuing to grow globally.


Neste Oil Corporation

Kaisa Lipponen
Director, Corporate Communications


For further information: Matti Lehmus, Executive Vice President, Oil Products
and Renewables, tel. +358 10 458 4072

Neste Oil in brief
Neste Oil Corporation is a refining and marketing company concentrating on low-
emission, high-quality traffic fuels. The company produces a comprehensive range
of major petroleum products and is the world's leading supplier of renewable
diesel. Neste Oil had net sales of EUR 15.4 billion in 2011 and employs around
5,000 people, and is listed on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki.

Neste Oil is included in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index and the
Ethibel Pioneer Investment Register, and has featured in The Global 100 list of
the world's most sustainable corporations for many years. Forest Footprint
Disclosure (FFD) has ranked Neste Oil as one of the best performers in the oil &
gas sector. Further information: www.nesteoil.com.




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